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- W.'B. JONES.

PORTABLE FENCE.

No. 328,849. Patented Oct. 20, 1885.

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PQRTABLE FENCE.

QPEC'IE'ICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 328,849, dated October 1885.

Application filed February 24, 1885. Serial No. 156,872. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, W. E. JONES, a citizen of the United States, residing at Asheville, in the county of Buncombe and State of North Carolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Portable Fences; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, which will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which form a part of this specification, and in which Figure l is a perspective view of a portion of my improved fence, and Fig. 2 is a perspective view,on a larger scale, of one of the posts and attachments.

, and particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the drawings hereto annexed, A desig nates the posts of the fence, which may be constructed of wood or other suitable material, and of suitable shape and dimensions.

D represents suitable blocks or plates, to which the bottom of the posts is secured, and which are secured in place by pins G, driven into the ground at the sides or corners of the blocks. The posts are firmly secured in an upright position by means of suitable side braces, B.

The panels of the fence are composed of the wires N N, which may be plain or barbed; or both kinds of wire may be used in the same panel, when desired. The ends of the wire are formed with eyes F F, which are slipped over suitable projections or screw-eyes, c, and

said eyes secure and preventing the displacement of the wires.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the drawings, the operation and advantages of this invention will be readily understood.

The construction is cheap, simple, and durable, and is so light and strong that it can be readily taken apart and removed to other places, when desired.

I am aware that it is not new to construct fence-panels of wire, and having the ends formed into loops and suitably secured to the posts by means of perforated projections with pins passing through them, and I do not claim such construction, broadly; but I am not aware that such fence-panels have ever been constructed with stay-wires passing around the ends of wires where they are bent upon themselves to form the loops. Therefore,

I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States-- A fence-panel consisting of strands of wire,

theends of which are twisted to form eyes, and stay-wires twisted around the twists caused by forming the eyes, for the purpose of strengthening the latter and preventing displacement, in combination with the posts, screw-eyes, and retaining-pins, substantially as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony that'I claim the foregoing as my own I have hereunto affixed my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NVILLIAM EDNEY JONES.

Witnesses:

' JAMES REEcE PATTERSON, J AMES LEANDER McKEE. 

